Can you prune the fruit trees in winter?

Pruning of fruit trees from defoliation to germination in the next year is called winter pruning. Most tree species are pruned in winter1-February. The main purpose of pruning in winter is to remove some unnecessary branches, such as pests, dead branches, dense branches and useless branches, to form a certain crown, to keep the growth balance of backbone branches at all levels of the crown, to cultivate tissues, to promote the formation of fruiting branches, and to adjust the relationship between growth and fruiting.